MATTER OF KUNZ

Index No. 530880/23. Appeal No. 2602. Case No. 2024-01956.

230 A.D.3d 1032 (2024)

218 N.Y.S.3d 605

2024 NY Slip Op 04520

In the Matter of Michal Kunz, M.D., Respondent, F.H., a Patient at Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided September 24, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin Bernstein, Director, Mental Hygiene Legal Service, New York (Naomi M. Weinstein of counsel), for appellant.

Letitia James, Attorney General, New York (Joshua N. Cohen of counsel), for respondent.

Concur—Singh, J.P., Gesmer, Scarpulla, Rodriguez, Michael, JJ.


Order, Supreme Court, New York County (W. Franc Perry III, J.), entered on or about March 1, 2024, which, to the extent appealed from as limited by the briefs, after a hearing, granted the petition seeking authorization for petitioner Kirby Forensic Psychiatry Center to administer five prescribed medications to respondent F.H. without her consent, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Petitioner commenced this proceeding seeking authorization to administer a course...

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